India - Some Numbers (Again!)

Milestone for telecom growth in India

• 1994 –NTP 94
• 1999 –NTP 99
• 2001 –Deregulation of the ILD
• 2002 –Deregulation of the ILD
• 2003 –Abolished RPP
• 2004 –Launch of ADSL on Fixed line (Internet Boom)
• 2005 –74% Foreign Investment Allowed in Telecom Sector

International Bandwidth Usage (Ghosh/Aircel)

• China has more than 10 times of higher bandwidth usage as comparison to India
• By 2011 India is likely to have 1000 Gbps bandwidth usage

Others :

• As of 2007, India utilized 36+ Gbps international Internet bandwidth
• Current broadband penetration in India less than 1%
• Broadband to contribute the maximum to the capacity growth in India

( 2007 ? )

Source/Courtesy : Ghosh/Aircel